Alix F

Ciao tutti! I must admit that the business of Italian life and school has gotten the better of me, I've not blogged in what seems like forever, and it definitely has been too long! However, this week I've two tasks I've set for myself before two friends and I set off for Madrid this weekend: Study for my Italian Language 1 Final for Thursday, and hopefully get some work done on my journals and blogging... We shall see how that goes! A big apology on my part for slacking off, and I hope you all are doing very well back home in the states! Arrivederci! alix Recap of the end of September!! • First cappuccino during geography class. I’m officially in Love. We bought our own coffee for the apartment, so we have been saving quite ... read more

September 1, 2009 Longest day ever! Waking up this morning, refreshed and ready to go, is only a distant memory in my mind… I would have never dreamed it was even close to possible to do so much in one day! But it seems to me that anything and everything is posible in Italia, and that is what I plan on doing while I am here! We woke up and had breakfast at the hotel, I think called the Baletti Palace or something like that….and met the rest of the USAC students who had arrived at 3 o’clock in the morning from LAX, having missed their Frankfurt connection by less than 15 minutes and spending 10 hours in Germany at the airport waiting for the next flight to Roma…today was so exhausting for me having ... read more

Ok, so I have been here for 6 days now and have so much to write about! I've been keeping a journal and am just planning on typing it out word for word as it is.... This is my entry from the day(s) I was traveling from Denver International to Rome... August 28, 2009 We woke up early to catch our okances out of DIA. My brother Trey was headed to Kansas City, MO to be baptized that weekend by our grandparents (hope it went well!). His flight left an hour before my own and fortunately we were in the same terminal, and my big brother was able to drop me off at the currency exchange before going to his gate. Saying goodbye to the parents was easy enough, we were all so excited for my ... read more